14 June 2011

Scoring endeavours...

Hey readers (or should that be listeners?), hope this message finds you well.

Busier than a hybrid beaver bee has been the best way to describe my recent endeavors, as I have approached the final week of my Ba(hons) degree for music composition at Northbrook (where has the time gone!?). The best part of this has seen me writing music for two amazing short animated films, created by students at Bournemouth University and the Arts University College, also in Bournemouth. The first project was a 3D animated short, 'Own Little World', which has now appeared online; a link to this can be found under the visuals section of this website. The second project was a hand drawn 2D animated short 'Delighterful', which won't be online for a little while due to the University terms, but both films are heading out for festival entry around the world, which is a prospect I am extremely excited about.

It was a privilege to have been part of two fantastic projects and it was a great experience scoring to picture. I would like to wish both teams who worked on the animations well, with regards to the festival entry. Additionally, I would like to thank Benjamin Riehl (Co-Producer) and Thomas Kelly (Director of Own Little World), and James Oriel (Producer for Delighterful) for having given me the chance to work with them.

I would also like to thank Mike Pailthorpe and Andy Calin for their advice and guidance during the creative process of my scores.

S.J.Hazell